African swine fever virus p72 genotype IX in domestic Pigs, Congo, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1556-1558

  Gallardo, Carmina ^a   Anchuelo, Raquel ^b   Pelayo, Virginia ^a   Poudevigne, Frédéric ^c   Leon, Tati ^d   Nzoussi, Jacques ^d   Bishop, Richard ^b   Pérez, Covadonga ^a   Soler, Alejandro ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a   Martín, Hilario ^a   Arias, Marisa ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization   (Mali)

^d Conseiller à l'Elevage du Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage ^*  (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P72 GENE; VIRUS GENE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 79960862596     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.101877     Document Type: Article

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